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Remarks on the most Important Plant-Societies of the Island. 



is divided into two nearly equally thick branches, the g-irth of which was 2.0 and 2.25 m. In the immediate 

 neighbourhood there is another copy of the same species with undivided trunk; this tree had a g-irth of 

 2.7 m. With its slim light trunk and the fine, cernuous foliage Eucahjptus resinifcra is a peculiarly 



Fig'. 88. Eucal i/ptuK reshufeni ;it Nikosia, near tin- i'';iiiuii;iista-(_tate. 



beautiful tree; it gives a good shadow, dries up the ground if it is swampy and procures an excellent 

 wood for constructive purposes. — In drier and more meagre soil species of Acacia are chiefly planted, 

 especially A. cijunophylla and A. Jongifolia. but also sevei'al other species. The seed was originally taken 

 from Australia; but in the later years only seed ripened in Cyprus is used. Moreover are planted Schinus 

 moUe, a tree called "peppertree", Cagaarliia eqi(is('tifoH<(. thriving best near Larnaka, but not so well near 



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